{{Short description|Belgian sailor (born 1993)}} {{Infobox sailor | name = Emma Plasschaert | image =Emma Plasschaert (2024).png | caption = | nationality = Belgian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1993|11|1|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Ostend]], Belgium | classes = [[ILCA 6]] | club = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalCountry|{{BEL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{Medal|Gold|[[2018 Sailing World Championships|2018 Aarhus]]|[[Laser Radial]]}} {{Medal|Gold|[[2021 Laser Radial World Championships|2021 Al-Mussanah]]|[[Laser Radial]]}} {{Medal|Bronze|[[Women's Laser Radial World Championship|2022 Trinity Bay]]|[[Laser Radial]]}} {{Medal|Bronze|[[Women's Laser Radial World Championship|2024 Mar del Plata]]|[[Laser Radial]]}} }}
'''Emma Plasschaert''' (born 1 November 1993) is a [[Belgium|Belgian]] sailor. She is a two-time World Champion in the [[Laser Radial]] class (2018 and 2021). She ended fourth in that class at the [[Sailing at the 2020 Summer Olympics|2020 Summer Olympics]].<ref name="Team">{{cite web |title=Emma Plasschaert |url=https://teambelgium.be/nl/atleet/Emma-Plasschaert-995 |website=Team Belgium |publisher=[[Belgian Olympic Committee]] |accessdate=7 June 2021 |language=Dutch |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607132933/https://teambelgium.be/nl/atleet/Emma-Plasschaert-995 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Sailing: PLASSCHAERT Emma |url=https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1393648-plasschaert-emma.htm |url-status=dead |access-date=2021-07-27 |website=Tokyo 2020 Olympics |publisher=[[Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games]] |language=en-us |archive-date=2021-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210727211714/https://olympics.com/tokyo-2020/olympic-games/en/results/sailing/athlete-profile-n1393648-plasschaert-emma.htm}}</ref>
==Career== Plasschaert is born in [[Ostend]], the largest city at the Belgian coast. She started her career in the small [[Optimist (dinghy)|Optimist]] class, and after five years switched to the [[Europe (dinghy)|Europe]] class. She then switched to the Laser Radial class in 2010, and became part of the team around [[Evi Van Acker]], who would win the bronze medal the 2012 Olympics. Plasschaert got her first top ten finishes at the World Championships in 2013 and 2014.
In August 2018 she became [[2018 Sailing World Championships|world champion]] in the [[Laser Radial]] class, beating 2016 Olympic gold medalist [[Marit Bouwmeester]].<ref name="Morgen">{{cite news |url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/emma-plasschaert-verovert-goud-op-wk-zeilen~bae6652e/ |title=Emma Plasschaert verovert goud op WK zeilen |work=De Morgen |date=10 August 2018 |language=Dutch |access-date=7 June 2021 |archive-date=7 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607132930/https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/emma-plasschaert-verovert-goud-op-wk-zeilen~bae6652e/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Three years later she won a second world title. In 2023 she married Australian sailer [[Matthew Wearn]].
==Awards== *2011: Young Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing<ref>{{cite web |title=Hall of Fame Sailing Awards |url=https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/ |website=Belgian Sailing |accessdate=7 June 2021 |archive-date=15 June 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210615102930/https://belgiansailing.be/hall-of-fame/ |url-status=live}}</ref> *2013: Female Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing *2018: Female Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing *2019: Female Sailor of the Year award from Belgian Sailing
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{official website|https://emmaplasschaert.be/}} * {{World Sailing|id=BELPE1|www=emma-plasschaert}} * {{Olympics.com|emma-plasschaert}} * {{Olympedia}} * {{InterSportStats}} * {{Team Belgium|Emma-Plasschaert-995}}
{{Footer World Champions Women's Laser Radial}}
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